is it your favorite movie of all time too?
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RetiredRanger — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 12:35 AM)
It is not my favorite movie of all time. We are all touched or feel a connection to a movie or book in different ways. How we perceive a movie may change over the course of our lives depending on the changes within ourselves.
I thought I had read the book, but I normally keep books of the genre so I guess I have not. I like John Krakauer's writing so I'm surprised I don't recall reading this book. I mention this as I'm not sure how closely the movie follows the book. I am watching the movie on TV and saw it when it was first released. My reaction now is to question how much of the movie is based on conjecture, after all Chris could not serve as a consultant for it.
In spite of these misgivings I thought the movie was well produced, had superior acting and was obviously well directed. Sean Penn is talented in spite of how he can annoy many people and at times anger many of those.
The best book and movie of this "outdoor survival" and "spiritual discovery via nature" genre, in my opinion, is "Between a Rock and a Hardplace." I met the author of the book, Eric Ralston and had a brief conversation with him. He is highly intelligent and a talented inspirational speaker. For me my favorite movie of all time in this genre is this one. I recommend that people read the book and see the movie. -
RetiredRanger — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 12:42 AM)
I should add to the above that the list of locations in this movie's credits is impressive. Accomplishing this must have been an extreme challenge involving a myriad of details most of us can't appreciate. This was a major factor in the success of this movie.
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movie80 — 10 years ago(October 31, 2015 04:28 PM)
I watched the movies long ago, don't plan to watch it again because I remember its details and I remember well some excellent comments of some posters on this board.
I often think that later later when I did I might die alone like the main character in this movie -
imdbeesknees — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 02:17 PM)
From a purely technical point of view (acting, script, cinematography, etc.) I could never say words like "the best" about any movie.
Still though; I was about 15 when I first watched this movie and it's one of the only movies that had this much of a (positive) impact on my life. The way I live right now, the studies I chose, the way I look at the world, This movie had a very big part in all of these things. That's why I will probably say it now and continue to say it for the rest of my life: for me, Into the Wild is the single greatest movie ever! -
fede_4488 — 9 years ago(January 23, 2017 03:07 PM)
Yes! I relate a lot to Christopher Mccandless, altought I could never do what he did. And even putting my personal feelings aside, from a technical point of view it's greatly directed, acted, edited and scored.
